I was wondering what kind of jobs a person with the skill of drawing could get that was related to drawing, and also an estimate of how much you would get paid.
The jobs i kind of know are designer for ad companies and fashion etc, and street drawer where you get paid for drawing portraits of people.
I'm not sure how much cash you can get or how successful you will be.
Also do you need a degree in art to get specific jobs

Aiz,

Where in Oz are you?

There are many jobs from Commercial Art to being the next Ken Done or Pro Hart (he he), you can work as a set decorator in the theatre too, just look around and see where there is anything that is painted or drawn and there is sure to be someone behind it with a pencil or brush. Oh and don't forget book illustrator.

You can go to Uni & do a Fine Arts Degree and see what comes out of that, too.

Personally I would love to earn a living from my art, but I need to work to keep the money coming in until I am recognized as the next great talent (as if).

You could always do what I do - I fell into doing animal portraiture (see my gallery) and so I accept the odd commission with the hopes that at some stage I will become good and fast enough (I am incredibly slow at times) to change my working hours to favour me doing more art. Or at least to have it pay for ALL my art indulgences (not just materials but the books and references that I get too).

Whatever way you go - enjoy the ride. Life is too short for regrets, I know at your age it doesn't seem so, but just chalk up anything that isn't just what you had planned, to experience.

If you can do that and look at everything (a MacDonalds job if it comes to that) as fodder for your art (even the Masters painted what they saw in everyday life), then you can get the most out of anything that comes your way, and improve your talent as you go.

Hope that helps

Another avenue you could try if you’re into illustration is tattoo work. Take some good and diverse examples of your work along to a parlour (don’t make an appointment, just call in) so they can see your style and see what they have to say. Its worth a shot

If I was to sell one of my drawings on ebay or to someone how much should the starting price be

I have mentioned this on this site before, I think, but if you take the size of your work - say a 10 x 12" piece and you work out the area 10 x 12 = 120 then if you can charge $120 for that piece as is a fair price for the original thought, planning and expertise that you put in as a novice, on top of that you would add framing costs if you have it framed and shipping if that is involved.

As you become more adept and hopefully more sought after you can increase your prices. But remember to keep your loyal customers (if you have them) in mind and don't go pricing them out of contention, as they are the people who helped promote you by buying in the first place, you can always tell them that you could let them have the occasional piece for a "special" price. It makes them feel special themselves and appreciated. It wouldn't do your image any harm either if they continue to extoll your virtues.

Have you tried www.deviantart.com? It is a place where you can put up your art (or photography) and people can view it, and if they like it enough they can buy prints. There are also options to where you can just show your art and not sell it if you don't want to.

It is a great place to get your name out, because many many people can browse your page...and we all know that the more people who know that you are a very good artist the more commissions you are bound to get.

Personally I am starting my own business...right now it is slow, but I hope that in the future it will speed up. I am in school, trying to get my studio art degree so I am kind of glad that it's not moving too fast at the moment! For my business I am trying to be a jack of all trades, so to say. Because I make and sell not only my paintings, but jewelry as well, and I am going to start selling ceramics when I can get enough money from the next two commissions I am working on right now to buy a kiln and a wheel. I have found that if I want to do what I TRULY want to do for life I'll have to make things that there is a higher demand for, and though a lot of people need art, not all of them buy paintings often enough to sustain a living off of. However there is a great need for ceramics, which is why I have started to fall into that as a part of my business. I have a piece in which I would love to replicate. It is a strange vessel and I made a while back. I'd love to replicate it so I can sell it to her, b/c she offered $500 bux for it!!!

So as you can see there truly is money in it, and though I'd prefer to be only a painter, I have had to broaden what I do to have a sustainable living...after all there is a lot of money in jewelry and ceramics as well as art!

I'm trying deviantart and it seems alot weirder to use than this drawspace, could you please tell me how to put pictures on there

If your talking just drawing with a pencil, comic books or graphic novels offer great careers, but very hard to break into to. Video game design also. Fashion design. Lots of design stuff. No matter what it is, I bet someone got paid to draw a true life picture of it before it went into mass production.

Have a look at these two links. The second one discusses wages.

Art Careers and Employment

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition